The great acceleration : an environmental history of the anthropocene since 1945 /
The pace of energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and population growth has thrust the planet into a new age--the Anthropocene. Humans have altered the planet's biogeochemical systems without consciously managing them. The Great Acceleration explains the causes, consequences, and uncertainties...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
[2014]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. Energy and Population; Chapter 2. Climate and Biological Diversity; Chapter 3. Cities and the Economy; Chapter 4. Cold War and Environmental Culture; Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index.